Now the devil’s got an Ivey sticker on the back of his Cadillac
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Kay Ivey is really leaning into the fascism to stave off primary competition:
Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama was never a moderate Republican. But in 2018, when she ran for her first full term, she artfully dipped into conservative talking points in a mild manner.
Four years later, as she runs for re-election, she’s again airing ads with music suitable for 1990s family sitcoms. The message, however, is far different.
In one ad, Ivey claims that “the left teaches kids to hate America.” Later, she boasts that she ended “transgender sports” in Alabama schools. In another ad, she falsely accuses President Biden of “shipping illegal immigrants” into the country, warning that “we’re all going to have to learn Spanish.”
Facing pressure from her right, Ivey has shed her image as a traditional salt-of-the-earth Alabama conservative — leading the charge on restrictive abortion laws and protecting Confederate monuments — and transformed into a Trump-era culture warrior.
An governor from Alabama becoming more and more racist in order to stave off primary challenges is truly a phenomenon without precedent. Always amazing to see something entirely new under the sun.
Of course, the Republican Party since 1964 is pretty much this entire scenario at a slightly slower pace.